---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established"
description: "Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 365"
citation: "Maryland SB 365 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan", "M. Washington", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/463927de-ef25-4bf7-9562-7eab8ed1b30b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0365?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8c81854a2069989ae988609cbb090cb704cd3a5f1b369ca17a3316bd098b2656"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 365 (2025) — Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_314_sb0365e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0365e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0365f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0365t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **30–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **101–36** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/463927de-ef25-4bf7-9562-7eab8ed1b30b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).